Per Abrahamsen writes: Per> I don't know. I don't like the interface provided by these two functions, You mean the custom ones that don't require the graphical interface right? Per> and prefer the raw `set-variable' myself. Yup. Per> Perhaps we should rename `set-variable' to `set-variable-temporarily', Per> and then make a new `set-variable' that updated the `customized-value' Per> attribute, but ignores the `custom-type' attribute. Per> Or was this what you meant? Yes. I've never used custom-set-variable directly, so I couldn't tell how much I like its interface and its usage of completion mechanisms. However, it seems a good idea to me that set-variable updates `customized-value'. -- / / _ _ Didier Verna http://www.inf.enst.fr/~verna/ - / / - / / /_/ / E.N.S.T. INF C201.1 mailto:verna＠inf.enst.fr /_/ / /_/ / /__ / 46 rue Barrault Tel. (33) 01 45 81 73 46 75634 Paris cedex 13 Fax. (33) 01 45 81 31 19